Hey Teegue, how 'bout an some research and an article on the main page about these Mega-Units?
On Nov 5, 5:21 pm, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, Rufus....Continental received approval by MT Board of O & G > Conservation for overlapping spacing units in September...Several > other companies...XTO, Burlington..applied for the same overlapping > units in the October meeting...approval pending....Picture it as > follows: originally 2 section spacing..say 4 and 9...1280 acres...3 > north-south 2 mile lateral wells have been drilled on 4 and 9...say > one 1000 feet from the east lease line.....say one 1000 feet from the > west lease line....and say one in the middle....those 3 wells were all > part of the 4/9 1280 spacing...these overlapping spacings will run > right on the east lease line and another on the west lease line...the > first overlapping spacing will include 4/9/5/8--a 2560 acre > spacing....the second overlapping spacing will include 4/9/3/10 a 2560 > acre spacing.....so if I owned all of the minerals in 4 and 9, but > none of the minerals in 5,8,3,10....I would have 3 "full" wells and 2 > "half" wells if this makes sense.....Continental docketed 24 of these > requests in the MT Sept meeting and XTO and Burlington another dozen > or so for the Oct heading...so this is the wave coming next...Picture > these two sections with five north and south laterals.....maybe > someday, they will do east west laterals along the top and bottom > lease lines and have different overlapping spacings with those > sections....that is very possible down the road if these high density > wells are paying off....In Elm Coulee now, many of the sections have 3 > wells or about to get a 3rd well.......amazing...This density could > carry over to Mountrail/Parshall in time, although it seems that most > of those early wells are done diagonally accross the section, so it > will look different...but still with higher density down the > road.....after acreage is held by production and expiring leases are > drilled. It will be interesting to watch how production is on these > new overlapping wells...Perhaps this is all being done to set the > table for carbon dioxide injection...Lot's of activity to > watch!...Hope this answers your question, Rufus.....Steve > > On Nov 3, 12:33 pm, "Rufus O'Malley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I recently read that in Montana there has been some activity with > > merging 2, and even 3 1280-acre spacing units to create mega-spacing > > units with entirely new well density allowances.... I can't seem to > > backtrack to the article to post it, but the gist of it was that once > > a 1280 had hit it's max density, that it merges with an adjacent 1280 > > to create a 2560 or merges 3 separate 1280's to create a 3840-acre > > unit where addt wells with different orientations are being allowed. > > Anybody hear anything else about this? If this IS being done, it > > brings me to the following question: > > How many spacing units can an individual section,or portion thereof, > > be part of? > > For example: let's take a section 4 over 9 standup - can section 4 > > concommitantly be in a section 5 and 4 laydown unit? And then again, > > into a 4-3 laydown unit at the same time... ?? > > Rufus- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
